You have helped us in previous years with translations and for that we are most grateful. Now we turn towards the 2011/12 fundraiser. It may seem forever away, but work has already begun getting everything ready to go. This year we want to have landing pages covering as many countries in as many languages as possible.

Right now, we want to figure out who is interested in translating for the fundraiser. This year we're hoping to have more of a solidified "core" group of translators that we can count on to have work done by a few key dates, but we'd also welcome help from people who are willing to just help out when they can.

Hello, I wonder where's the language list you used to initialize [1]? There're some issues in that list, for example, 'zh' should be written as 'zh_hans' and 'zh_hant' (two scripts, and the system will handle it), zh_classical should be lzh, and zh_yue should be yue (bugzilla:8217). This problematic list mislead developer to localize namespace names in code incorrectly, and should be fixed to prevent more mistakes. Liangent 11:12, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry for that. I fetched the list from active projects as shown at Special:SiteMatrix. I was not aware of this issue. Maybe it could be explained further at Language code. --Vriullop (talk) 15:04, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

I updated the first table there by copying some rows from the second table to the first one. The variant problem is always confusing people using languages without variation; don't be nervous :) Liangent 17:26, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Really? It can be derogatory? It is the name of the Tec de Monterrey's (a private university in Mexico) mascot.212.71.161.115 15:27, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

I asked in order to clarify. I know that a term may sound derogatory in one place and not somewhere else, or may depend also on the context. Some explanation about the name would help to understand. --Vriullop (talk) 16:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

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Hi Vriullop, I added references and quotes from the report on the Repte Monument Challenge to two different learning patterns today that will be included in a forthcoming toolkit on photo contests and events. I am impressed by the results your team got from the challenge, and applaud your community's creativity in building on the WLM theme. Would you be willing to read over the following two pages and add any suggestions, advice or even a short 'how-to' guide (i.e. 5 steps to get started) so that other communities can easily adapt the contest locally? Adapt Wiki Loves contests to avoid burnout and Increase number of photos in use I completely understand if you are on holiday or busy with annual planning, so there is no need to rush to do this. Thank you, again, for writing such an informative report, and for the important work you have done on this project. --KHarold (WMF) (talk) 00:41, 29 August 2015 (UTC)

@KHarold (WMF): Hi KHarlod, Vriullop is busy preparing this year's Repte Monuments edition, starting Tomorrow September the first. I will read the pages and add some suggestions, as I was also related in preparing this challenge :-) Best--Kippelboy (talk) 05:06, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hello tech ambassador!
This month has seen a good influx of new faces in this crew \o/ , so it is time to reactivate our conversations.
Now that we have a pretty good coverage of so many different projects, here are some topics for your consideration.

Finally, you are also welcome to comment at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T177923, should you happen to have suggestions for the Community Liaisons team, currently wondering how to measure "Wiki projects requesting beta features and other early deployments".

We hope to be able to host a live discussion in early 2018; until then, we're looking forward to hearing from you on Meta!
All the best,
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